Thai Political Protests (2010)

Atjima Khunnok has so many tattoos that she has to count them on her fingers: deities, sacred peaks, parallel rows of ancient Khmer script unfurling across her arms and back. "Nine or 10," she says, done counting. Most are barely visible; she has them done in oil, not ink. But the 29-year-old jewelry saleswoman says she can also feel their presence. They grant her strength, luck and charisma, she says. When she's about to make a major sale, she feels them tingle. "It makes a difference," Atjima says. "When business is bad, I come to Arjan Neng." Easing financial woes is one of Neng's specialties. On a Monday morning in late May, the balding,...

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